Mask



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MASK.

APPLlcmroN FILED SEPT. 25, 1920.

Patented Sept. 20,- 1921.

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/NVENTH m N H m T A lmaterial, to the rear FRANKLIN MASON DESSART, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MASK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application led September 25, 1920. Serial No. 412,673.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN M. DES- sART, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State oi' New York, proved Mask, of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

In connection with masks, it is a well appreciated fact that it form the same of usually three pieces. The parts provided. with the eye openings, nose, etc., were commonly formed of one piece of face of which a second piece of material, commonly cheesecloth was affixed. These two pieces of material were superimposed, and usually provided with a gummy solution on their abutting faces, subsequent to which they were passed under a die, cutting the eye openings, the exterior contour ot' the face portion of the mask, nose bulge, together with forcing these pieces of material into intimate contact one with the other, and in some instances pro- 'viding a reinforcement adjacent the side edges.

Subsequent to the forming of this portion of the mask, an apron was cut by the second die, which apron was sewn adjacent lthe lower end of the piece already formed so as to provide a. curtain or covering forthe lower portion of the face.

This procedure has involved considerable expense, in that manual labor was employed to attach the apron. Aside from this objection, the apron was liable toV be torn from the mask proper in handling the same, aside from the fact that an unsightly ridge was provided at the points of connection of these two portions.

Nith this in view, I have constructed a mask which shall avoid these objections, in that it will not be necessary to attach the apron to the mask or body portion thus eliminating the objections incident to this procedure.

lie-ference is had to the attached 'sheet of drawings as illustrating one practical embodiment of my invention, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a front view of amask conhave invented a new and lm has been customary to structed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a side view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the face of the body portion which may be of any desirable material, and contour, and to the rear of which a suitable liner 6 may be provided.

The object of the mask may also conveniently include indentations 7 adjacent its side edges affording a reinforcing medium, and is also formed with sight openings 8, and a nose portion 9.

Contrary to the conventional construction, however, in which the facev terminates in line with the lower edge of the body portion, z'. e., the lower edge oit the liner, the face portion is extended to form an apron 10, extending below the lower edge oi the body'of themask, as has been clearly indicated.

By this construction, it will be seen that the liner 6, it the same is used, may loe applied in the'usual manner to the rear of the Jface portion 5 of the mask subsequent to which av single die may be utilized, to not alone press the line into intimate engage ment with the face, forming the indentations '7, sight openings 8,f'etc., but will also provide the apron 10.

ThusV a second cutting operation is eliminated, aside from the fact that it is no longer necessary to attach the apron 10 to the body of the mask.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing from the spirit of my invention, which I claim as As an article of'manuiacture, a mask including a body portion adapted to overlie the eyes and nose of a wearer, a sheet of material forming a part of said body portion, and a liner affixed to the rear face ot' said material, said material being extended beyond the lower edge ofsaid liner and the body portion, whereby to provide an integralapron.

FRANKLIN MAsoN DEssAR'r. Y 

